Komando Pasukan Khusus ( Kopassus )

Alexa Rank

Friday, January 4, 2013

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN)
warned President Barack Obama against renewing any U.S. training for
Indonesia's notorious special forces.
"Training Kopassus will set back efforts to achieve accountability for
past and recent human rights violations and will do little or nothing to
discourage future crimes," said John M. Miller, National Coordinator of
ETAN. "This is a bad idea whose time has not come."
The Obama administration is considering resuming training of Kopassus
and may announce a change in policy when President Obama visits
Indonesia later this month.

"It's impossible to credit Kopassus with human rights reform when it
retains active duty soldiers convicted of human rights violations," said
Miller. These include soldiers convicted of killing West Papuan leader
Theys Eluay and the kidnapping and disappearances of Indonesian
activists in 1997 and 1998.
"For decades, the U.S. military provided training and other assistance
to Kopassus, despite the demonstrated failure of international
assistance to improve its behavior. Its widely acknowledged abuses and
criminal activity simply continued," he said.

"Restrictions on U.S. military assistance to Indonesia provide leverage
to support democracy and human rights in Indonesia. Working with
Kopassus, which has a long history of terrorizing civilians, will
undermine those fighting for justice and accountability in Indonesia and
East Timor," said Miller.

The initial offer of training is likely to involve
Kopassus Unit 81, which focuses on counter-terrorism. Unit 81 was
co-founded as Kopassus Group 5 by then-captain Prabowo Subianto, who
later admitted his involvement in the kidnapping of student activists in
the late 1990s. He recently ran for Vice President of Indonesia.
The U.S. has praised Indonesia's successes in fighting terrorism, but it
is the police - not the military - who have the major role.

"Greater Kopassus involvement in counter-terrorism will undercut police
and civilian primacy in this effort, while strengthening the military's
controversial internal territorial role. This will only undermine the
reforms that the U.S. claims to support," he said. 2011

OLD NEWS. Cambodian Special forces trained by the Indonesia Kopassus.For
Cambodian Soldiers is it a Honor to trained by the Kopassus , a huge
thanks to Indonesia Åkhun!

The 911 Para-Commando Battalion is a Royal Cambodian Army
special forces unit based west of Phnom Penh. Most of the battalion
graduated from the Indonesian army’s special force, Kopassus, so the 911
is very similar to the Kopassus Battalion. In order to graduate from
the school, all cadets have to pass the test set. On passing, cadets
receive their own red beret and a badge wing. The Battalion has multiple
units, including snipers, naval units, and an anti-terrorist division.

The Operation Base of the special forces airborne 911 unit (SF-911)
is near the takethmey village, Kambol Commune, Angsnoul District, kandal
Province. This Unit is under direct Command of High Command Headquarter
of Royal Cambodian Armed Forces. The SF-911 Have seven Branches with 14
Battalions under their control.

Following units is distributed in the Battalions:
Commando 1 to Commando 4 (Airborne Commando)
Commando 5 to Commando 9 (Attack Commando)
Commando 10 to Commando 12 (Support Commando)
Special Group 13 Close Protection
Counter terrorist 14 Group
Total staff 1750.
Counter terrorist 14 Group is Cambodians first specialized anti
terrorist unit. And is SF-911 SWAT component. Counter terrorist 14 Group
support law enforcement in anti terrorist operations
The SF regularly conduct trainings and joint exercises such as: *
Special forces 6 course (commando Red Barret) * Airborne 11 Course
(para) * Freefall 3 Course * Scuba 3 Course (Chhak Sea) * Terrorist
Counter 3 Course (T.O) * Training has also been conducted in Indonesia
under a special program at Batujajar. Batujajar military training center
is located 22 kilometers from Bandung (West Java), where SF-soldiers
have been trained in parachute jumping and Landing zone tactics.
CHHAB PEAKDEY is the Commanding officer for the SF-911.

Bogor, West Java (ANTARA News) - The black box of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 that crashed at Mount Salak in Bogor, West Java, recently, has been found.

The black box of Sukhoi Superjet 100 is finally found by the Kopassus TNI-AD's team at the bottom of steep valley in Mount Salak, West Java. Soon after the black box is found, it will be inspected by the National Committee for Transportation Safety (KNKT). (FOTO ANTARA/Ismar Patrizki)
A joint team members from the army's Kopassus special force and the Indonesia Rock Climbing Federation discovered the black box at the site of the crash on Tuesday.
"After checking it the National Committee for Transportation Safety (KNKT) confirmed that the aircraft item carried by the Kopassus team is the black box," the chief of the 061st Suryakencana Military Command, Col. AM Putranto, said.
Black box is a common name for an instrument consist of two main part. They are Cokcpit Voice Recorder which records every conversations inside the cockpit, and Flight Data Recorder to record the performance of hundreds instruments that control the aeroplane.

A member of the Indonesian Army Special Forces (Kopassus), who thwarted an alleged rape attempt in a public minivan earlier this week, has received an award and a free flight to his Papuan hometown in recognition of his actions.
Second Sgt. Nicholas Sandi Herawan, 24, earned instant fame after he foiled the alleged attempted rape of a 30-year-old woman while she was riding a public minivan (angkot) in Central Jakarta at about 11 p.m. on Monday.

The outgoing chief of Kopassus, Maj. Gen. Wisnu Bawa Tenaya, gave the award to Nicholas in Jakarta on Friday during a ceremony marking the former’s departure from the force and the appointment of the new commander, Maj. Gen. Agus Sutomo. Wisnu has been assigned to lead the Bali military command.
“Nicolas is of a small build, but he has big guts,” Wisnu said during the granting of the award, the name of which was not immediately clear.
He told other Kopassus soldiers to consider Nicholas a role model.
“He exercised his battle instinct to help [a member] of the public. Kopassus soldiers must show this high level of care about the public.
“Kopassus soldiers are select soldiers. They have to be able to carry out their duties in any kind of situation, either in [military] operations or peaceful regions. I hope there will be other Nicholases within the Kopassus force,” Wisnu went on.
On Thursday, Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo said his administration had decided to grant Nicholas a free flight to Papua in appreciation for his actions.
“I’ve instructed the transportation agency to grant him an award in the form of a free flight ticket, because I’ve heard that he really wants to go home to his hometown in Papua,” Fauzi said, as quoted by the official news site of the Jakarta administration, beritajakarta.com. “He should be a role model to many people.”
Nicholas was driving his motorcycle near the angkot when he heard a woman screaming inside the vehicle. He followed the angkot and banged his helmet against the minivan, asking the driver to stop. Other motorcyclists noticed what was happening and lent their assistance.
Realizing they would be unable to escape, the angkot driver and four other passengers who were allegedly attempting to rape and rob the woman pushed her out of the vehicle.
Nicholas asked his girlfriend, who was riding with him, to assist the victim by taking her to nearby Gambir police station while he continued the chase. The pursuit ended in Dukuh Atas, Central Jakarta, where Nicholas was able to apprehend the driver, identified as a 16-year-old with the initials A.A.
The suspect is now in custody at the Central Jakarta Police station. The four alleged accomplices managed to escape, along with the victim’s cellphone. Police later arrested two of them.
Antara/JG